Boeing will acquire Aurora Flight Sciences Corp., a northern Virginia-based advanced aerospace platforms manufacturer, to further the development of autonomous systems technologies behind future robotic aircraft and aerospace vehicles.
Air New Zealand is introducing new sustainability initiatives, including increasing its use of airport gate power and reusing a wide range of inflight products.
TAP Maintenance & Engineering will celebrate its 30th anniversary of ab initio training for mechanics in November, which is a milestone for its EASA pat 147 training school in Portugal.
The collapse of Monarch Airlines—which accounted for around 50% of Monarch Aircraft Engineering’s customer base—has freed up maintenance slots over the 2017/18 winter season managing director Chris Dare said.
German LCC Eurowings is linking up passenger engagement with its route development strategy by asking customers to vote for the route they want the airline to fly.
Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Julie Girling has cautioned the airline industry not to be complacent on implementing the ICAO carbon offset program, CORSIA, saying it “is not a done deal until it is working.”
SkyTeam members Air France, Delta Air Lines and China Eastern Airlines have completed a series of share transactions aimed at strengthening their strategic partnership.
US startup Zunum Aero plans to launch a 12-passenger regional airliner with hybrid-electric propulsion with venture-capital backing from Boeing and New York-based JetBlue Airways.
UK LCC easyJet is bracing for a busy winter, transitioning aircraft to its Austrian air operator’s certificate (AOC), growing its A320neo fleet and phasing out 30 of its Airbus A319s.
Embraer and Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. are conceding that the E175-E2 and MRJ90, respectively, will be unable to operate in the US market at service entry because both aircraft will be too heavy to meet scope clause requirements in US major airlines’ pilot labor contracts.
The head of the US House transport committee has amended his proposed air traffic control (ATC) reform bill in a bid to make it more palatable to skeptics.
Russian authorities want to develop new rules to allow for closer monitoring of airline financial conditions to make sure carriers can fulfill passenger obligations, Minister of Transport Maxim Sokolov announced Oct. 3.
Lufthansa Group subsidiary Austrian Airlines must decide on a long-haul fleet replacement in 2018 as the life of its current fleet winds down over the next two years.
French air accident investigation agency BEA has said damage to the Air France Airbus A380, which suffered an uncontained engine failure over Greenland Sept. 30, appears to be limited to the No. 4 engine and its immediate environment.
The ICAO aviation environmental protection committee has finalized recommendations for the new of Annex 16 to the Chicago Convention containing proposed standards and recommended practices (SARPs) for the CORSIA aviation carbon offsetting plan.
